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Service recovery via social media
(Master thesis, 2018)Problem Service failure recovery has been researched for several years, with research on social media starting to surface. However, surprisingly little attention has been paid to a significantly larger group than ... -
Sex or gender? Explaining individual differences in financial risk-taking
(Master thesis, 2023)While the relationship between sex and financial risk-taking behavior has been well explored in previous research, the existing literature lacks research that distinguishes between sex and gender as antecedents of financial ... -
Shaping the Future of Sustainable Packaging: The Effect of Enuironmental Cues on Consumer Responses for Home Care Products
(Master thesis, 2022)Inspired by the continuously evolving changes that are happening within the field of sustainable packaging, this thesis examines the way packaging material and eco-labeling as environmental cues affect consumers' purchase ... -
Shaping Young Minds: The role of logo shape, color and verbal context in forming assumptions about university value
(Master thesis, 2019)As student mobility has increased worldwide, so has competition among universities. In order to attract the attention, and tuition fees, of prospective students, universities must make a good first impression, which ... -
Share the happiness
(Master thesis, 2020)Due to the technological developments over the past year´s payment methods have advanced significantly. This thesis aims to investigate how different payment methods affect consumers' behaviour. Today, consumers can ... -
Share-based payment and IFRS-2 : stock options performance and the effects of implementing IFRS-2 in Norwegian publicly traded firms
(Master thesis, 2014-02-12)This study looks at share-based payment in Norwegian publicly traded firms. A review of the history of stock options and the development of accounting and taxation legislations is presented. The paper is divided into two ... -
Sharing is caring : examining enablers and barriers for tacit knowledge sharing in virtual teams
(Master thesis, 2017)Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to identify enablers and barriers for tacit knowledge sharing in a virtual team. Design/methodology/approach - The empirical data were obtained by conducting in-depth interviews ... -
Sharing is Caring: Reciprocal Behaviors and Professional Networking
(Master thesis, 2016)The purpose of this study is to contribute to the existing literature regarding the interactions between individuals in a professional context, as a factor for their success. First, this study sheds light on the newly ... -
Shipping Stakeholders Risk Management Perspective Based on Drivers, Barriers, Enablers and Collaborative Partnerships During the Transition to Sustainable Fuel
(Master thesis, 2023)The transition to sustainable fuels in shipping is necessary to satisfy the requirements set by the International Maritime Organisation and the European Union. The shipping industry's emission rate is increasing and has ... -
Shocks and stocks: An examination of stock market returns and -uolatility in relation to changes in the oil marke
(Master thesis, 2023)This paper reexamines the dynamic relationship of the oil- and stock markets by extending the original Structural vector autoregressive model (SVAR) for oil market shocks, proposed by Kilian (2009), to include two separate ... -
Shocks and stocks: An examination of stock market returns and -uolatility in relation to changes in the oil market
(Master thesis, 2023)This paper reexamines the dynamic relationship of the oil- and stock markets by extending the original Structural vector autoregressive model (SVAR) for oil market shocks, proposed by Kilian (2009), to include two separate ... -
Short Interest as a Predictor of Stock Return: An Empirical Analysis
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis presents an empirical analysis of the portfolio returns generated by short interest investment strategies and evaluates the performance using the Fama-French five-factor model. We compare the results obtained ... -
The short-term price impact of actual share repurchase announcements in Norway Navn:
(Master thesis, 2020)The master thesis examines stock performance around the announcement of openmarket share repurchase transactions and the effect of intangible assets and share repurchases. The study uses data on actual share repurchase ... -
Should consumers participating in co-creation be compensated? A study of customer participation in high- and low- involvement processes
(Master thesis, 2018)This paper examines how and why co-creation leads to satisfaction and purchase intention. An online study portrayed to look like a company asking for help in cocreation manipulated participants to engage in either an ... -
Should I stay, or should I go? An exploratory analysis of why some people decide to leave their organization after completing a leadership development program
(Master thesis, 2022)The purpose of this study is to shed light on potential unintended consequences of leadership development, more specifically why some participants choose to leave their organization after attending a leadership development ... -
Should the Timing of Covid-19 Restrictions be Determined by Country Characteristics? A Global Cross-Country Analysis
(Master thesis, 2021)The Covid-19 pandemic was declared on 11 March 2020 by the World Health Organization. Previous studies on viral diseases have suggested that the socioeconomic factors of countries can provide an explanation for which ... -
Should we keep our heads down? The effect of one-sided and two-sided articulations in controversial sponsorships
(Master thesis, 2018)One of the fundamental characteristics that differ a successful sponsorship from a failed one is its ability to not only create a desired corporate image for the target audience but also tap into their psychology. Ideally, ... -
Should you trust me? A quantitative study of how trust influence learning in international joint ventures
(Master thesis, 2019)The scope of this master thesis is to understand how inter-partner trust influence technological learning in international joint ventures. Due to an increase in digitalization and intensified global competition, we have ... -
Sikringsbokføringsreglene under IFRS 9 – Muligheten for norske vannkraftprodusenter til å anvende sikringsbokføring
(Master thesis, 2018)Sikringsbokføringsreglene er endret fra IAS 39 til IFRS 9, med pliktig implementering 1. januar 2018. Mange norske vannkraftprodusenter fant det utfordrende å oppfylle kvalifikasjonskriteriene til sikringsbokføring under ... -
Simple rules or optimization for a dollar-neutral investor?
(Master thesis, 2018)In this thesis, we study portfolio construction and asset allocation for a long/short investor. We construct equally weighted portfolios based on known firm characteristics and compare these to mean-variance optimization ...